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Mike Smithson

Billy Mike Smithson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 8", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 21, 1955 in Centerville, TN
School: University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
Drafted
by the Boston Red Sox in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1982
Teams (by GP): Twins/RedSox/Rangers 1982-1989
Agents: Craig Fenech [*]
Final Game: September 28, 1989
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1982 27 TEX AL 3 4 .429 5.01 8 8 0 3 0 0 46.2 51 26 26 5 13 2 24 3 0 1 199 78 1.371 9.8 1.0 2.5 4.6 1.85
1983 28 TEX AL 10 14 .417 3.91 33 33 0 10 0 0 223.1 233 102 97 14 71 2 135 8 2 8 960 102 1.361 9.4 0.6 2.9 5.4 1.90
1984 29 MIN AL 15 13 .536 3.68 36 36 0 10 1 0 252.0 246 113 103 35 54 7 144 8 2 7 1047 114 1.190 8.8 1.3 1.9 5.1 2.67
1985 30 MIN AL 15 14 .517 4.34 37 37 0 8 3 0 257.0 264 134 124 25 78 1 127 15 1 6 1088 100 1.331 9.2 0.9 2.7 4.4 1.63
1986 31 MIN AL 13 14 .481 4.77 34 33 1 8 1 0 198.0 234 123 105 26 57 4 114 14 1 15 880 90 1.470 10.6 1.2 2.6 5.2 2.00
1987 32 MIN AL 4 7 .364 5.94 21 20 0 0 0 0 109.0 126 76 72 17 38 3 53 9 2 4 494 78 1.505 10.4 1.4 3.1 4.4 1.39
1988 33 BOS AL 9 6 .600 5.97 31 18 6 1 0 0 126.2 149 87 84 25 37 1 73 6 6 2 561 69 1.468 10.6 1.8 2.6 5.2 1.97
1989 34 BOS AL 7 14 .333 4.95 40 19 12 1 1 2 143.2 170 84 79 21 35 5 61 10 0 0 632 84 1.427 10.6 1.3 2.2 3.8 1.74
8 Yrs 76 86 .469 4.58 240 204 19 41 6 2 1356.1 1473 745 690 168 383 25 731 73 14 43 5861 92 1.368 9.8 1.1 2.5 4.9 1.91
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .469 4.58 37 31 3 6 1 0 208 226 114 106 26 59 4 112 11 2 7 898 92 1.368 9.8 1.1 2.5 4.9 1.91
MIN (4 yrs) 47 48 .495 4.46 128 126 1 26 5 0 816.0 870 446 404 103 227 15 438 46 6 32 3509 97 1.344 9.6 1.1 2.5 4.8 1.93
BOS (2 yrs) 16 20 .444 5.43 71 37 18 2 1 2 270.1 319 171 163 46 72 6 134 16 6 2 1193 76 1.446 10.6 1.5 2.4 4.5 1.86
TEX (2 yrs) 13 18 .419 4.10 41 41 0 13 0 0 270.0 284 128 123 19 84 4 159 11 2 9 1159 97 1.363 9.5 0.6 2.8 5.3 1.89

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1982 27 TEX AL 46.2 8 8 26 5.01 4.44 -0.20 0.15 95.7 4.58 -2 -0.2 -0.0 0.2 3 .474 .499 $
1983 28 TEX AL 223.1 33 33 102 4.11 4.63 0.29 0.15 97.1 4.37 6 0.6 -0.1 2.3 30 .519 .504 $
1984 29 MIN AL 252.0 36 36 113 4.04 4.41 0.65 0.14 103.3 4.04 1 0.1 -0.1 2.0 26 .503 .501 $
1985 30 MIN AL 257.0 37 37 134 4.69 4.64 0.25 0.16 104.7 4.76 2 0.2 -0.1 2.2 30 .507 .502 $335,000
1986 31 MIN AL 198.0 34 33 123 5.59 4.54 -0.16 0.15 101.6 4.92 -15 -1.5 1.3 -0.1 0.0 7 .457 .491 $450,000
1987 32 MIN AL 109.0 21 20 76 6.28 4.83 0.09 0.15 104.0 5.08 -15 -1.3 .6 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .436 .492 $
1988 33 BOS AL 126.2 31 18 87 6.18 4.33 0.03 0.04 103.8 4.50 -24 -2.4 .8 -0.1 -1.4 -11 .424 .485 $395,000
1989 34 BOS AL 143.2 40 19 84 5.26 4.32 0.01 0.02 105.8 4.58 -11 -1.2 1.5 -0.2 -0.2 4 .470 .493 $540,000
8 Seasons 1356.1 240 204 745 4.94 4.53 0.20 0.13 102.4 4.56 -57 -5.6 1.2 -0.9 4.6 86 .477 .496 $1,720,000
MIN (4 yrs) 816.0 128 126 446 4.92 4.57 0.25 0.15 103.4 4.62 -26 -2.5 .9 -0.4 3.7 61 .481 .496 $785,000
BOS (2 yrs) 270.1 71 37 171 5.69 4.33 0.02 0.03 104.8 4.54 -35 -3.6 1.2 -0.3 -1.6 -7 .450 .489 $935,000
TEX (2 yrs) 270.0 41 41 128 4.27 4.60 0.20 0.15 96.9 4.40 4 0.4 -0.1 2.5 33 .510 .501 $

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1988 33 BOS AL ALCS L OAK 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.286 11.6 0.0 0.0 3.9
1 ALCS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1.286 11.6 0.0 0.0 3.9

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1982 27 TEX AL 8 199 181 26 51 19 2 5 4 2 13 24 .282 .338 .492 .830 .301 89 5 3 1 1 2 0
1983 28 TEX AL 33 960 867 102 233 38 13 14 26 7 71 135 .269 .327 .391 .718 .302 339 18 8 6 8 2 11
1984 29 MIN AL 36 1047 977 113 246 40 5 35 23 9 54 144 .252 .296 .410 .706 .263 401 13 8 5 3 7 17
1985 30 MIN AL 37 1088 978 134 264 48 11 25 25 8 78 127 .270 .331 .418 .749 .287 409 21 15 10 7 1 7
1986 31 MIN AL 34 880 796 123 234 50 3 26 20 4 57 114 .294 .349 .462 .811 .313 368 24 14 5 8 4 11
1987 32 MIN AL 21 494 441 76 126 24 3 17 22 1 38 53 .286 .351 .469 .820 .290 207 7 9 1 5 3 6
1988 33 BOS AL 31 561 511 87 149 24 1 25 8 2 37 73 .292 .345 .489 .834 .298 250 8 6 4 3 1 5
1989 34 BOS AL 40 632 573 84 170 29 3 21 10 4 35 61 .297 .343 .468 .811 .298 268 9 10 5 9 5 8
8 Yrs 240 5861 5324 745 1473 272 41 168 138 37 383 731 .277 .331 .438 .769 .292 2331 105 73 37 44 25 65
162 Game Avg. 37 898 815 114 226 42 6 26 21 6 59 112 .277 .331 .438 .769 .292 357 16 11 6 7 4 10
MLB Averages .259 .324 .390 .713 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1982 27 TEX AL -4.8 -0.5 206 -0.2 3.1 -3.3 .86 -0.4 0.2 -3.7 -0.4 0.86 -5.4 0 0 0
1983 28 TEX AL 4.9 0.5 1005 -0.1 18.0 -18.1 1.09 0.4 -0.6 6.0 0.6 1.09 7.0 0 0 0
1984 29 MIN AL 14.7 1.5 1093 2.3 19.5 -17.2 1.01 1.4 0.8 17.7 1.8 1.01 16.1 0 0 0
1985 30 MIN AL 2.0 0.2 1133 0.7 18.8 -18.1 .95 0.0 0.7 2.3 0.2 0.95 3.9 0 0 0
1986 31 MIN AL -13.4 -1.3 921 -1.7 13.5 -15.3 .89 -2.2 0.2 -17.9 -1.7 0.89 -21.0 0 1 0
1987 32 MIN AL -14.0 -1.3 524 -1.6 7.8 -9.4 .94 -1.6 -0.1 -19.6 -1.8 0.94 -18.6 0 0 1
1988 33 BOS AL -22.1 -2.2 585 -1.5 7.9 -9.5 .81 -2.4 0.5 -18.4 -1.8 0.81 -21.1 3 1 9
1989 34 BOS AL -10.5 -1.0 648 -1.5 8.7 -10.2 .82 -1.0 -0.8 -8.1 -0.8 0.82 -8.1 9 2 10
8 Yrs -43.2 -4.0 6115 -3.7 97.3 -101.0 .94 -5.7 1.7 -41.6 -3.8 0.94 -47.3 12 4 20

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1982 27 TEX AL 8 8 3 4 1 0 1 3 5 .375 0 1 3 0 4 50% 47.6 78 20 5 1 0 3 3.2 3.1 5.8
1983 28 TEX AL 33 33 10 14 9 1 4 13 19 .406 1 4 10 0 19 58% 51.5 78 15 28 8 2 12 4.0 3.8 6.8
1984 29 MIN AL 36 36 15 13 8 3 6 18 18 .500 5 2 10 1 21 58% 53.6 80 21 22 11 11 8 4.1 4.3 7.0
1985 30 MIN AL 37 37 15 14 8 4 4 18 19 .486 3 3 8 3 16 43% 49.6 83 17 33 15 11 8 4.4 4.5 6.9
1986 31 MIN AL 34 33 13 13 7 3 1 14 19 .424 2 4 8 1 13 39% 46.6 84 20 27 10 5 10 5.0 5.4 5.9
1987 32 MIN AL 21 20 4 7 9 1 0 11 9 .550 2 5 0 0 5 25% 42.1 72 22 20 4 2 7 6.1 6.2 5.3
1988 33 BOS AL 31 18 8 5 5 3 0 11 7 .611 1 0 1 0 6 33% 43.9 76 15 24 12 2 9 6.0 6.7 5.6 87 5 7 4 1 136
1989 34 BOS AL 40 19 6 10 3 0 1 7 12 .368 2 1 1 1 9 47% 46.9 77 23 24 11 6 4 5.0 5.9 5.5 79 10 5 3 1 126
8 Yrs 240 204 74 80 50 15 17 95 108 .468 16 20 41 6 93 46% 49 84 15 183 72 39 61 4.7 4.8 6.3 82 15 12 7 2 136
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 103 -12 4.3 4.3 6.2 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1986 31 MIN AL 34 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .888 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1987 32 MIN AL 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .936 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11.0
1988 33 BOS AL 31 13 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 38% 8 .808 3 1 9 3 0 10 7 6 8 3 10 0 6.1 35
1989 34 BOS AL 40 21 12 1 4 3 2 1 67% 3 0 22 6 27% 6 .820 9 2 10 7 5 9 13 8 12 5 12 3 5.5 26
4 Yrs 126 36 19 2 6 3 2 1 67% 3 0 38 12 32% .863 12 4 20 10 6 20 20 16 22 8 24 3 6.0 29

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1982 27 TEX AL 199 52% 2.5% 12.1% 6.5% 13.1% 51% 1.22 77% 27 5 19%
1983 28 TEX AL 960 51% 1.5% 14.1% 7.4% 6.8% 28% 1.46 76% 163 18 11%
1984 29 MIN AL 1047 40% 3.3% 13.8% 5.2% 7.6% 33% 0.87 77% 153 13 9%
1985 30 MIN AL 1088 43% 2.3% 11.7% 7.2% 7.7% 32% 1.15 77% 183 21 11%
1986 31 MIN AL 880 39% 3.0% 13.0% 6.5% 9.0% 34% 1.21 75% 162 24 15%
1987 32 MIN AL 494 44% 3.4% 10.7% 7.7% 8.9% 35% 1.16 76% 86 7 8%
1988 33 BOS AL 561 45% 4.5% 13.0% 6.6% 8.9% 34% 0.55 0.79 74% 22% 13.4% 32% 97 8 8%
1989 34 BOS AL 632 49% 3.3% 9.7% 5.5% 8.4% 31% 0.63 0.78 79% 23% 7.9% 15% 126 9 7%
8 Yrs 5861 45% 2.9% 12.5% 6.5% 8.2% 33% 0.59 1.06 76% 23% 10.2% 23% 997 105 11%
MLB Averages 41% 2.2% 14.4% 8.5% 6.8% 29% 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 6.8% 29% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 33 BOS AL 534 1933 3.62 1210 63% 23% 12% 30% 35% 77% 1% 48% 84% 60% 7% 35 24 17% 93 43 7 27% 9 11 27 1 0
1989 34 BOS AL 634 2035 3.21 1318 65% 26% 10% 24% 40% 74% 3% 48% 86% 64% 4% 28 13 17% 110 62 6 39% 10 10 -2 0 0
2 Yrs 1168 3968 3.40 2528 64% 24% 11% 27% 38% 76% 2% 48% 85% 62% 5% 63 37 17% 203 105 13 33% 19 21 25 1 0
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 57% 6% 19% 26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1982 27 TEX AL 199 51 5 0 1 2 3 2 3 9 5 1 56% 0 1 0 64 4 2 67% 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
1983 28 TEX AL 960 233 14 0 19 7 7 6 8 50 27 5 54% 11 8 1 342 26 7 79% 24 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1984 29 MIN AL 1047 246 35 0 14 12 23 18 17 36 19 6 53% 17 7 1 335 23 9 72% 23 8 0 1 0 0 3 0 16 0
1985 30 MIN AL 1088 264 25 0 13 6 19 12 13 55 32 2 58% 7 6 1 377 25 8 76% 24 6 1 2 0 0 2 0 16 0
1986 31 MIN AL 880 234 26 0 16 8 18 13 13 49 28 7 57% 11 15 1 327 20 4 83% 20 3 0 1 0 0 4 2 29 0
1987 32 MIN AL 494 126 17 0 4 0 17 7 10 23 16 1 70% 6 4 0 181 22 1 96% 21 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 14 0
1988 33 BOS AL 561 149 14 2 25 0 11 14 11 13 12 25 14 3 56% 5 2 2 196 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 0
1989 34 BOS AL 632 170 13 3 21 1 10 8 13 9 12 30 21 1 70% 8 0 0 254 10 4 71% 10 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 10 0
8 Yrs 5861 1473 27 5 168 1 88 57 111 80 88 277 162 26 58% 65 43 6 2076 138 37 79% 133 30 5 6 0 1 14 4 124 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1982 27 3 4 .429 5.01 8 8 0 3 0 0 46.2 51 26 26 5 13 2 24 3 0 1 199 78 1.371 9.8 1.0 2.5 4.6 1.85 78
1983 28 13 18 .419 4.10 41 41 0 13 0 0 270.0 284 128 123 19 84 4 159 11 2 9 1159 97 1.363 9.5 0.6 2.8 5.3 1.89 97
1984 29 28 31 .475 3.90 77 77 0 23 1 0 522.0 530 241 226 54 138 11 303 19 4 16 2206 105 1.280 9.1 0.9 2.4 5.2 2.20 105
1985 30 43 45 .489 4.04 114 114 0 31 4 0 779.0 794 375 350 79 216 12 430 34 5 22 3294 103 1.297 9.2 0.9 2.5 5.0 1.99 103
1986 31 56 59 .487 4.19 148 147 1 39 5 0 977.0 1028 498 455 105 273 16 544 48 6 37 4174 100 1.332 9.5 1.0 2.5 5.0 1.99 100
1987 32 60 66 .476 4.37 169 167 1 39 5 0 1086.0 1154 574 527 122 311 19 597 57 8 41 4668 97 1.349 9.6 1.0 2.6 4.9 1.92 97
1988 33 69 72 .489 4.53 200 185 7 40 5 0 1212.2 1303 661 611 147 348 20 670 63 14 43 5229 93 1.361 9.7 1.1 2.6 5.0 1.93 93
1989 34 76 86 .469 4.58 240 204 19 41 6 2 1356.1 1473 745 690 168 383 25 731 73 14 43 5861 92 1.368 9.8 1.1 2.5 4.9 1.91 92

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1982 27 1 3 .250 6.07 43.0 54 32 29 5 14 22 3 1.581 11.3 2.9 4.6 1.57 1.0 8
1983 28 10 13 .435 4.39 213.0 241 116 104 14 73 129 8 1.474 10.2 3.1 5.5 1.77 0.6 33
1984 29 14 13 .519 3.84 246.0 248 117 105 35 54 140 8 1.228 9.1 2.0 5.1 2.59 1.3 36
1985 30 12 15 .444 4.48 245.0 262 136 122 25 77 121 15 1.384 9.6 2.8 4.4 1.57 0.9 37
1986 31 8 13 .381 4.99 191.0 235 118 106 26 57 110 14 1.529 11.1 2.7 5.2 1.93 1.2 34
1987 32 4 8 .333 5.53 109.0 122 74 67 16 37 53 9 1.459 10.1 3.1 4.4 1.43 1.3 21
1988 33 4 9 .308 6.49 122.0 152 98 88 26 38 70 6 1.557 11.2 2.8 5.2 1.84 1.9 31
1989 34 5 10 .333 5.35 138.0 173 91 82 21 36 58 10 1.514 11.3 2.3 3.8 1.61 1.4 40
8 Yrs 58 84 .408 4.84 1307.0 1487 782 703 168 386 703 73 1.433 10.2 4.8 1.82 1.2 240

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1984 AL  1.190 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1984 AL  1.929 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1984 AL  252.0 (7th)
1985 AL  257.0 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1984 AL  144 (10th)

Games Started s c a p y
1984 AL  36 (1st)
1985 AL  37 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1984 AL  10 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1985 AL  3 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1984 AL  35 (1st)
1988 AL  25 (7th)
1989 AL  21 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1984 AL  246 (4th)
1985 AL  264 (3rd)
1986 AL  234 (8th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1984 AL  2.667 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 AL  0.564 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1983 AL  14 (7th)
1985 AL  14 (9th)
1986 AL  14 (6th)
1989 AL  14 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1984 AL  103 (8th)
1985 AL  124 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1983 AL  8 (10th)
1986 AL  15 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1983 AL  8 (4th)
1984 AL  8 (4th)
1985 AL  15 (1st)
1986 AL  14 (2nd)
1987 AL  9 (5th)
1989 AL  10 (2nd)
Career  73 (183rd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1984 AL  1,047 (6th)
1985 AL  1,088 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 17 (1180), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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